

THEATRICAL RESUME
RUFUS BONDS JR
323.893.2857 Height 6’0”
website:rufusbondsjr.com Eyes Brown
SCD/AEA/AFTRA/SAG Hair Brown
BROADWAY
Parade Jim Conley Lincoln Center Rent Rent Tom Collins Nederlander Theater
Once On This Island Daniel Booth Theater
INTERNATIONAL
Porgy And Bess Porgy Regents Open Air
London
CARNEGIE HALL
Duke Ellington Sacred Music Baritone Soloist Carnegie Hall
NATIONAL TOURS
Color Purple Mister Chicago
Lion King Mufasa Los Angeles
Miss Saigon John Toronto
Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Gus, Papa Los Angeles
OFF-BROADWAY
Romance In Hard Times Bojangles Public Theater
The Apple Tree Narrator York Theater
REGIONAL
Johnny & the Devil Box Robert King AD Players
Man of La Mancha Don Quixote 5th Avenue Theater
Sister Act Curtis Moonlight Stage
Ragtime Coalhouse Redondo Beach Aud.
Parade Jim Conley Redondo Beach Aud
Spunk Sykes Cleveland Playhouse
Big River Jim Mark Taper, LA
TRAINING
Acting: Howard Fine Howard Fine Studios Los Angeles
Vocal: David Adams University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
Dance: James Truitte, Nate Horne Nate Horne New York, NY
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Directing California State University Fullerton, CA
B.S. Chemistry University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
AWARDS
Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award/Barack Obama, Drama Desk Nomination, Ovation Award-winner, NAACP Winner, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member, and Phi Beta Delta Honor Society Member

